WASHINGTON: A sizeable number of Americans believe that the next Bill Gates would come from India or China – as the two Asian giants are fast marching ahead on the global platform, a new US survey has revealed.
“When asked where the ‘next Bill Gates will come from,’ 40 per cent of Americans predicted either India or China,” a PTI report quoted a national survey released by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) as saying.
The report was released on the sidelines of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2010) at Las Vegas.
The vast majority of them, about 96 per cent, believe that innovation was critical to the future success of the US as a world economic leader but they were concerned that the rising federal deficit would jeopardize prosperity of future generations, the survey said.
The economic survey was conducted by Zogby International between November 20 and 23, with a sample size of 3,779 US adults over the age of 18.
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